Indian-origin Sanjay Gupta second most popular doctor in US: Twitter
A neurosurgeon at Emory Clinic in Atlanta, Sanjay Gupta is also a multiple Emmy-award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN.
Gupta's popularity is surpassed only by another TV personality Drew Pinsky of HLN who has 3.18 million followers in Twitter.
For the study, students at Augustana University analysed Twitter use by doctors across the US, going back to 2006. The researchers sorted through 4,500 users as part of their research.
"We just wanted to see how doctors are engaging with other people on Twitter," said one of the researchers Paige Schwitters.
The researchers found that the most followed Twitter accounts belonged to celebrities, public figures or TV personalities. The top three are:
With 1.03 million followers in Twitter Asa Andrew emerged as the third most popular doctor in US.
Gupta joined CNN in the summer of 2001 and he has 2.03 million followers in Twitter.
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